By Melissa Hansen|2014-02-24T19:09:18+00:00February 15th, 2010|
This is the fourth in a series of articles covering all aspects of planning and establishing a competitive orchard.
By Melissa Hansen|2014-02-24T19:13:52+00:00February 15th, 2010|
Left, Sleeping eye. Middle: Standard tree. Right: Potted trees. Bottom: Bench grafts.
Several types of trees are available from nurseries for
By admin|2014-02-24T19:56:12+00:00February 15th, 2010|
Workers harvest two-year-old Honeycrisp trees at C&O Nursery in Quincy, Washington.
Bench graft: Starts out as a rootstock, with the rootstock taken
By Melissa Hansen|2014-02-24T19:53:05+00:00February 15th, 2010|
As production volumes increase for Honeycrisp apples, the need for a longer marketing window becomes more important. Researchers like Ines
By Melissa Hansen|2014-02-24T19:49:29+00:00February 15th, 2010|
When researching rain-induced cracking of sweet cherries, it’s obvious that rain is a requirement. Two years of research, though yielding
By admin|2014-03-27T11:06:42+00:00February 15th, 2010|
The Young Grower Alliance is growing. It’s still shy of its official fourth birthday, but the YGA has expanded beyond
By admin|2014-02-24T19:32:37+00:00February 15th, 2010|
Every year, the Valicoff Fruit Company in the Yakima Valley dutifully sends off W-2 tax forms for its pickers. President
By admin|2014-02-24T19:21:53+00:00February 15th, 2010|
Orchardists represent a sliver of American agriculture. Most of our nation’s farmers grow field crops such as corn, wheat, and
By admin|2014-02-24T19:31:11+00:00February 15th, 2010|
Arden Harris was a member of a family that pioneered in the development of the lumber resources of the Entiat
By admin|2014-02-24T19:28:37+00:00February 15th, 2010|
Grapevine fanleaf, an infectious degenerative disease, is the oldest known viral disease of grapevines. It is believed that fanleaf virus